Wednesday was another nondescript sort of a day. The mild spell continued but it was cloudy all day and always suggested it could pour down at any time.
I decided it was worth risking a visit to the plot to finish repairing the felt on the shed roof. At least it was mild and provided we didn't get any rain I reckoned the flashband I was using to repair the felt would at least have a chance of sticking. Once finished it didn't look too bad. The final testing will come after the next heavy rain.
Having finished the shed roof I was planning to head home, but as you do, I decided to have a look around the plot. Not that there’s much to inspect in mid November as nothing is growing only sort of existing and preparing to get through winter. It was a good job I did have a quick look around though.
On the 03 November when we removed the netting from our brassicas including our spring cabbage. We reasoned it was too large for the wood pigeons to have a go at and that there certainly wouldn't be anymore butterflies about. I sort of did a double take, slug damage on the outer leaves I expect, especially with the current spell of mild weather, but the wood pigeons had been attacking the newly formed hearts of the cabbages. Something that hasn't happened before.
So before I left the netting removed a week or so ago was put back in place. I think the cabbage hearts will recover but it’s a blow after they've grown so well to have them damaged by pigeons when it could so easily have been avoided.
Fortunately I hadn't removed all the timber supports or even moved the odds and ends that had previously held the netting in place so it was a pretty quick job to put the netting back.
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Oh no, they're such pests. Perhaps you'll need to leave the netting in place until snow's forecast. The shed looks smart again, hope it holds up when the next downpour arrives.
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